Shifting realities: Tron cyberspace and the “New” consciousness in 21st Century technoscapes [PDF]
, 2012 The existing direction of the (mis)use of information technologies founded on the deceptively secular rationalised heritage of scientism, arguably spells the increasing proximity to a dystopian nightmare that is far from mere fiction and imbued with the ...
Efthimiou, O.
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Is it time for the risky classroom? Dealing with risk and uncertainty is a natural part of adult life. Yet modern children are shielded from risk at every opportunity. A pedagogical shift is required [PDF]
, 2017 Risk within learning environments is a much debated topic within early childhood education. The sector sees and understands the benefits of risk but often remain risk adverse.
McCormack, M +3 more
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The real lives of urban fantasies [PDF]
Environment and Urbanization, 2013 This paper is a response to and a commentary on Vanessa Watson’s paper on “African urban fantasies” in this issue of the Journal, which analyzes new urban master plans developed by international architectural firms and property development companies for many cities in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Heavy Hero or Digital Dummy? Multimodal Player–Avatar Relations in Final Fantasy 7 [PDF]
, 2004 This article analyses the player-avatar relation in Final Fantasy 7, drawing on multimodality theory to analyse textual structures both in the game and in the discourse of player-interviews and fan writing.
Burn, Andrew, Schott, Gareth
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Using Sequential Mixed Social Science Methods to Define and Measure Heritage Conservation Performance [PDF]
, 2011 There is no agreed-upon definition for heritage conservation performance, but it is possible to borrow ideas from the natural resource conservation field to inform this concept. Dimensions of performance can include economic, technical, and sociocultural
Wells, Jeremy C.
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Inny Zagrzeb. Transformacje obrazu miasta w chorwackiej prozie fantastycznej po 1991 roku
Creatio Fantastica, 2018 Croatian speculative fiction in the last quarter of the century has been dominated by the city of Zagreb. There are three anthologies depicting the capital of Croatia and visions of its future: Zagreb 2004 (1995), Zagreb 2014 (1998) and Zagreb 2094 (2004)
Aleksandra Wojtaszek
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National Fantasies, Exclusion, and the Many Houses on Mango Street [PDF]
, 2012 This article argues that understanding what the house in Sandra Cisneros\u27s The House on Mango Street symbolizes is foundational to contextualizing the radical possibilities that Cisneros enacts in her work.
Perez, Lorna L.
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From 'River Cottage' to 'Chicken Run': Hugh Fearnley-Whttingstall and the class politics of ethical consumption [PDF]
, 2011 Lifestyle television provides a key site through which to explore the dilemmas of ethical consumption, as the genre shifts to consider the ethics of different consumption practices and taste cultures.
Bakardjieva M. +30 more
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Abandoning the Quest? High/Epic Fantasy and the Challenges of the Anthropocene
AtlantisThe aim of this article is to determine why the prototypical form of high/epic fantasy cannot effectively address the present environmental, social and political problems gathered under the umbrella term of the Anthropocene.
Weronika Łaszkiewicz
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Demon girl power: Regimes of form and force in videogames primal and Buffy the Vampire Slayer [PDF]
, 2005 'There's nothing like a spot of demon slaughter to make a girl's night'. Since the phenomenal success of the Tomb Raider (1996) videogame series a range of other videogames have used carefully branded animated female avatars.
Krzywinska, T
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